Valkyrie

(val kir′ē, val′ki rē)

noun

Norse Myth. any of the maidens of Odin who conduct the souls of heroes slain in battle to Valhalla and attend them there

Origin: ON valkyrja, lit., chooser of the slain < valr, those slain (see Valhalla) + kjōsa, to choose

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See Valkyrie in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Mythology

Any of Odin's handmaidens who conducted the souls of the slain to Valhalla.

Origin:

Origin: Old Norse Valkyrja; see welə- in Indo-European roots

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